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Alaska governor criticizes Venezuelan oil aid, says Chavez should help his own poor
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| News Date | Friday, October 20, 2006 03:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | JUNEAU, Alaska Alaska's governor criticized Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's fuel program for the state's villages, saying Chavez should be trying to lift Venezuelans out of poverty instead.
Citgo, the Venezuelan government's Texas-based oil subsidiary, is donating about $5.3 million (€4.2 million) to Alaska Native nonprofit organizations to buy fuel this winter for more than 12,000 households, and has given millions more in other parts of the country.
About 150 Alaska Native villages have accepted the offer, but a few have refused, saying they do not want to participate in what they consider an attempt by Chavez — an adversary of President George W. Bush — to embarrass the U.S. The anger stems from Chavez's description, during the U.N. General Assembly last month, of Bush as "the devil."
Governor Frank Murkowski, a Republican, said Chavez should be trying to lift Venezuelans out of poverty and "tin shacks" instead of trying to "buy favoritism" elsewhere.
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